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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270082
Title: Linda Benz
Date: 3/16/1944-12/2/2023
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/16/1944
Summary: Linda (Lippert) Benz passed away on December 2, 2023 at Sanford Health, Bismarck. Linda was born on March 16, 1944, the daughter of John and Hilda Lippert in Beulah. She was raised and educated in Beulah, graduating from Beulah High School. She married Virgil Benz and they lived in the eastern states during his military service. They later lived in Harden, MT, Spearfish, SD, and then settled in Gillette, WY. Linda worked in a nursing home and worked as a custodian for the Gillette School District. She lived in Denver, CO for a short time and then moved to Bismarck where she worked for Kohl’s Department Store in the jewelry department. Linda loved to dance and was a regular at the Saturday night dances at the Mandan Eagles, joining her many friends for such good times. She and Les attended many polka dances throughout the years traveling to Las Vegas, NV, Mesa, AZ, Rochester, MN, and many more enjoying the polka and waltz music. She is survived by her son, Bradley Benz; her loving fiancé, Les Larsen; brother, Clarence (Ardith) Lippert; sister, Bernice (Jim) Helm; and many nieces and nephews. Linda was preceded in death by her parents, John and Hilda Lippert; sisters, Esther (Warren) Jenkins, Alice (Elmer) Steege, Agnes (Pete) Ziegler, Gladyce (Arnold) Krein, Helen (Daryl) Zimmerman; and brother, Ted (Ora Lee) Lippert.
Red ID: FND_I_77601 Image ID: 555484 Image Notes: FND001 270082

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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